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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a quail.]

(Zool.)

One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera

Ortygis

and

Hemipodius

. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See

ortygan ‎(plural ortygans)

One of several species of East Indian birds of the former genera Ortygis and Hemipodius in the family Turnicidae, resembling quails.